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#1: Humans have just pulled themselves out of the ruins caused by the Alien infestation of Earth. The last thing anyone wants to see is more Aliens, right? So why is billionaire Daniel Grant leading an expedition to the Alien homeworld?

#2: There's trouble aboard the USS Razzia, en route to the Alien homeworld to capture a Queen Mother. Daniel Grant has brought along his own "pet" Alien, but somebody wants it destroyed. Meanwhile, zero hour approaches, and even with the new Z-110 Acid Neutralizing Wardrobe, the Colonial Marines are in for a tough time against a whole planetful of Aliens.

#3: The USS Razzia touches down on a world teeming with berserk Aliens fighting a bloody civil war against a faction of Red Xenomorphs, making it hard as hell to sneak in and steal an Alien queen. But the Marines have a job to do, so they'll find a way... Meanwhile, someone's trying to make sure Daniel Grant won't be going home.

#4: In the midst of an Alien civil war, it's into the hive for Daniel Grant, Major Lee, Dr. Begalli, and Cpl. Hendrickson. Many lives have been lost, but they came for the alien Queen Mother's royal jelly and they're not leaving without it. At least, that's the plan, but one of his group has other ideas...

The series was first collected as a trade paperback released in December 1992, edited by Kij Johnson and with a new cover by Dave Dorman.

The second collected edition, released in February 1997, was retitled Aliens, Vol. 4: Genocide. This release was part of Dark Horse's "remastered" Aliens Library Editions series — reprints that attempted to bring the content of all of Dark Horse's previously released Aliens comics in line with the updated continuity presented by Alien3. The Genocide trade paperback was edited by Suzanne Taylor and featured a new cover by John Bolton.

Aliens: Genocide is also noteworthy for being the first Aliens comic series to shift the focus away from existing movie characters — the three previous series had starred Corporal Hicks, Newt and, later, Ripley. In their place, Genocide creates a cast of original characters. This would become the standard template for the Aliens line going forwards.

Genocide also established several key concepts of the Aliens comics universe, most notably "Royal Jelly", a substance secreted by Xenomorph Queens that in turn forms the basis of an addictive human drug known as Xeno-Zip. Royal Jelly and its derivatives would form instrumental plot points in numerous later stories. The Grant Corporation would likewise go on to appear or be mentioned in several other comics.